A Play on Words
The Guy
CAST: 1 male - 1 female
A chance meeting between two strangers at an isolated bus stop induces a conversation about the duffle bag that sits between them. Questions arise about the large bunny ears protruding from the canvas bag and the guy who originally left the bag at the bus stop.
The Line CAST: 2 male - 4 female
Four unique characters explore the ABC’s while standing on line for something they obviously can’t live without. Whatever it is!
The Body CAST: 2 male - 4 female
Six law enforcement officials gather around the clothing and remnants of a body as they investigate the circumstances while trying to avoid and evade each other and their personal ties. The result is nothing more than a cliché.
CAST: 2 male - 4 female
OTHERWORLDS CAST: 1 male - 2 female
Meetings in a Wooded Area
In the summer of 1963, a man and woman suffer through the physical, emotional, and spiritual torture of a never-ending service to a demon that controls the destiny of Man on earth. The two souls are forced to play a cat and mouse game of death with each other and the lives of their mortal counterparts, as they determine what will become history as we know it.
The Bedsitter CAST: 4 female
On Halloween night, when the veil between worlds is at its thinnest, Carly, Morri and Deara enter the room of an abandoned building to satisfy what they believe is part of a sorority pledge. Unknown to the predestined trio is the fact they may be fulfilling a lifetime service greater than anything they could have ever imagined. Further confusing the girls is the “uncovering” of a mysterious and mystical young woman who guides each through portals to her past, present and questionable future.
Lilly’s Room
CAST: 1 male - 3 female
Several years after the disappearance of her little girl, Lilly, and the death of her heartbroken husband, Amanda Grace is finally ready to move on and resume her life. John “Blue” Moon has just buried his wife and is saddled with a little girl he knows he is incapable of caring for, under any circumstances. Detective Em Marshall, is burdened with a past that refuses to allow her to live in the present. All roads from these three lives finally converge at one time with the arrival of grifter, Vonda Moon, who has returned to Bay City to wreak havoc on the downtrodden trio with whom she already shares a curious past.
Working From Bell to Bell
Duck and Cover CAST: 1 male - 1 female
1952 - Preparing a class of students for disaster during the Cold War proves redundant with unexpected results.
Finger Paints CAST: 1 male - 3 female
1965 - A chauvinistic and rude father comes to realize the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
The Substitute CAST: 1 male - 2 female
1972 - A teacher’s maternity leave will have to wait when her substitute proves less than capable.
The Understudy CAST: 1 male - 1 female
1976 - A father goes to desperate lengths to keep his word by attending his daughter’s third grade class.
The Poetry Contest CAST: 2 male - 3 female
1980 - School pride is on the line during a third grade poetry contest that displays more than just rhyming words and cuteness.
So Long, Farewell and Good Riddance CAST: 4 female
1990 - Three teenagers almost succeed in secretly having one of their teachers dismissed.
Crimson Moon CAST: 2 female
2008 - A school counselor finally reaches the cause of a teenage girl’s problems.
The Student Draft CAST: 1 male - 3 female
2010 - Professional drafts are nothing compared to a trio of teachers recruiting students for next year’s classes.
Tap Dancing CAST: 1 male - 1 female
2012 - A school trip to the theatre provides a student, several teachers and the school principal with unforgettable memories.
Unplugged
CAST: 3 female
Today - A new school directive is to eliminate the use of technology and all electrical devices. What’s a teacher to do?
A CORDIAL INVITATION
John and the Three Bridesmaids CAST: 1 male - 3 female
Three bridesmaids meet and pursue the same wedding guest.
… and Guest CAST: 1 male - 2 female
You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but, then again, the book may well be what the cover is.
Today’s the Day CAST: 1 male - 2 female
Pete discusses his wedding day with an omniscient presence.
Here’s Looking at You CAST: 1 male - 2 female
An illicit affair may not be able to survive the confusion about and lack of understanding for an all-time classic movie.
The Home Front
CAST: 2 male - 3 female
At the end of their exhausting night shift, three women are trapped by a paralyzing blizzard in the Bronx factory of the Abrams Manufacturing Company. Marion, Margaret and Lillian, best friends since high school, eventually come to the realization that over the course of sticking together through the first years of the war they have, in fact, moved on with their own individual lives.
Christmas Presents
A Bad Idea CAST: 2 male - 2 female
Cleo Steinbach’s idea for Flagg’s Department Store’s inaugural Thanksgiving Day Parade has gone terribly wrong. Are store employees Steve and Justin to blame, or was it simply a very bad idea, just as Cleo was warned? Will Thanksgiving on the north side of Chicago ever be the same again?
Christmas Shopping
CAST: 2 female
It’s the day after Thanksgiving, 1928, in the small town of Bay City and best friends Millie and Trudy already find themselves overwhelmed by the up-coming holiday season. In the town square, tired and hungry, they take a break from their duties to discuss happenings about town and how certain amenities, which are not as far-fetched and futuristic as they imagine, would make their lives all the easier.
Have A Holly Jolly
CAST: 2 female
Three days before Christmas and Santa Claus has vanished… again. Continuing his revolt against mega-corporate, X’Mas, Inc., Santa has again turned the tables on his executive bosses along with his elves, reindeer and Mrs. Claus, too. Is the holiday season threatened or will Christmas come after all?
The Day After Christmas
CAST: 1 male - 3 female
It’s marital problems between Santa and Mrs. Claus. Can the relationship of the North Pole icons be saved?
Hat Trick
Information, PLEASE
CAST: 1 male - 2 female
A romance develops the night of a wild playoff hockey game
The Ancient Mariner
CAST: 6 male - 1 female
A team reunites at a wake.
Stephanie CAST: 1 female
A woman experiences her first hockey game while on a date.
Aftermath
CAST: 2 Cemetery Spirits
Soul Searching CAST: 2 female
A young woman prepares for her reincarnation.
The Deluxe Package CAST: 1 male - 1 female
A dying woman seeks corporate sponsorship for her death to support her family.
Friends CAST: 2 female
A despicable woman needs to pay for a new friend.
Visitation CAST: 1 male - 2 female
Business doings in purgatory.
The Graveyard Shift
CAST: 2 female
A grieving widow sits graveside hoping for a miracle.